We have seen this movie before. The Clinton Administration chose to launch some pinprick strikes against al Qaeda in Afghanistan in 1998. Three years later, planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Since pinprick strikes did nothing to seriously undermine their capabilities, they actually served to embolden the terrorists by leading them to believe that such ineffective show of force is the extent of US capabilities.

About the only good thing regarding the coming war against Syria is that this time, there is no pretense of UN authorization. Ironically, the Obama regime will continue to signify the increasing irrelevance and hopefully eventual end of these international organizations.